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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






2. What is the function of vitamin C?






3. The higher the BMR a client has --






4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






5. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






6. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






7. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






8. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






9. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






10. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






11. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






12. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






13. What is normal albumin levels?






14. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






15. Where can you get more vitamin D?






16. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






17. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






18. What is normal BMI?






19. What is the function of vitamin E?






20. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






22. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






23. What function is vitamin A?






24. Sources of fats






25. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






26. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






27. Name six sources of grains






28. When does BMR decrease?






29. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






30. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






31. What type of people need extra protein?






32. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






33. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






34. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






35. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






36. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






38. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






39. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






40. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






41. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






42. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






43. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?






44. What does DASH stand for?






45. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






46. What are healthy sources of fats?






47. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






48. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






49. What foods have high quality protein?






50. What is RDA of protein?